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Humidity: Give tropical Alpinia purpurata as high humidity as you can indoors - 50% relative humidity is ideal. Yellow leaves are usually a sign of overwatering. Water sparingly after flowering is finished. Water: Water generously throughout the growing season, keeping the soil evenly moist. Turn the pot each week to give each side equal light exposure. Red ginger makes a stunning floor plant in front of a sunny window. Light: Ginger flowers thrive in bright locations with some direct sun. Height: Typically 6 ft (1.8 m) or taller dwarf varieties reach about 3 ft (90 cm) Look for a dwarf variety for growing in a container. Unless you live in Hawaii or south Florida, your best bet is to check some online nurseries. You may have difficulty finding Alpinia purpurata for sale in garden centers.

Stop fertilizing after flowering is over. Cut back on watering, but don't allow the soil to dry out. Use a pot with drainage holes to prevent soggy soil. Red ginger flowers best when pot-bound, so keep the rhizome roots crowded in the container.

Repot in spring only to replace with fresh potting medium. Its large leaves and bold color make a dramatic statement wherever you display it. Flowering ginger makes an ideal potted plant for the sunroom, warm greenhouse or any brightly lit room. Give your plant plenty of light to make this tropical beauty bloom. What these three have in common is a preference for bright light and high humidity. Red ginger can also be grown as a houseplant and its cut flowers can be used in arrangements.Make your own tropical paradise in any sunny room by grouping red ginger with a colorful croton, lipstick plant and a Boston fern. It tends to like to be well watered and not left to dry out. It prefers partial shade and moist humid conditions, although it can tolerate full sun in some climates. Red ginger can also be grown in South Florida since, in general, the region does not fall below freezing temperatures. It is also found in Samoa, where it is the national flower, and is locally called "teuila." Vincent, Martinique, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Suriname (where its Dutch name is 'bokkepoot', billy-goat's foot), and many Central American nations, including Belize.

Red Ginger grows in Hawaii, Trinidad, Grenada, St. It has cultivars called Jungle King and Jungle Queen. They look like the bloom, but the true flower is the small white flower on top. Alpinia purpurata, commonly referred to as red ginger, also called ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, are native Malaysian plants with showy flowers on long brightly colored red bracts.